[2] It is based on the " Monologue About a Whole Life Written Down on Doors, the testimony of Nikolai Fomich Kalugin" by Svetlana Alexievich (from her book Voices from Chernobyl).
[1] She went to the Ukrainian cities Kyiv and Prypiat, described as "the most radioactive place on earth" due to its close proximity to Chernobyl, to film it.
[1][4][5][6] The Door also won awards at film festivals held in Bilbao, Cork and Foyle.
[2] It also won "best director" at the Polish Grand OFF 2009 as well as winning the Sarajevo Film Festival's Katrin Cartlidge Bursary 2009.
[1] It is titled As If I'm Not There, based upon the Slavenka Drakulić book and is a joint Irish production alongside Macedonia and Sweden.